Sixth Graders Deliver “TED Talks” at John Burroughs School

Alone on a stage at the foot of JBS’s 600-person state-of-the-art auditorium and in front of their parents and community members, our Sixth Graders delivered CDS Talks, presentations modeled after TED Talks, which shared the same goal — to use “the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world.” The talks represented not only 10 weeks of research, writing, and revision but also the culmination of their CDS education. By all accounts, the results were astounding.

Read the full story in this excerpt from The Hoot.

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|CDS at its Best

Read what our 6th Graders have to say as they give a CDS talk. Click to “Activate Adobe Flash” to view PDF.